Hat-fastener.



PATBNTED FEB. '7, 1905.

J. E. FERNBBORG.

HAT FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. a. 1904.

y l@Wvvvvvvm No. '781,717'. Patented February '7, 1905,

DNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

JOllN E. FERNEBORG, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CARL M. LINDQUIST, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,717, dated February '7, 1905.

Application tiled April S, 1904. Serial No. 202,148.

.'l'o [vhf/mt if 1111/11/ @U11/067%.' The same reference characters indicate the 50 Be it known that l, JOHN E. FnRNnBoRG, a same parts in all the views. eltizen of the United States of America, re- Let A designate the crown of a hat, wlnch siding' in the city and county of Denver and may be of any suitable construction. 'lo the State of Colorado, have invented certain new opposite sides of the hat-crown and to the inand useful lmprovements in Hat-Fasteners; ner surface thereof are attached two plates R, 55 and ldo declare the following' to be a full, to which are secured the extremities of two clear, and exact description of the invention, tubular parts C, having' threaded parts C, such as will enable others skilled in the art to provided with right and left threads, respec- IO which it appertains to make and use the same, tively. These two parts C are connected by reference being' had to the accompanying' a sleeve C2, whose extremities are interiorly 6o drawings, and to the letters of reference threaded to receive the right and left threads marked thereon, which form a part of this of the parts C, whereby the leng'th of the despecification. vice may be adjusted at will by simply turn- )ly invention relates to improvements in ing` the sleeve C2. Hthin the tubular debat-fasteners; and my object is to provide a vice, composed of the tubes C, C'. and Ci, is 65 device adapted to be permanently connected located a coil-spring' D, ag'ainst the opposite with the hat and capable of such adjustment extremities of which bear small pistons or that the hat may be fastened to the head of stops E, mounted on rods F, whose outer exthe wearer or released, as may be desired. tremities pass through openings formed in The device is of course intended for use in the plates Band through thc fabric of the 7o connection with ladies hats, and it is intendhat-crown A, the eXteriorly-protruding exed to do away with the necessity or requiretremities of the rods having buttons G ment for hat-pins. screwed thereon or otherwise secured there- My further object is to provide a device of to. The inner extremity of each rod F prothis classwhich shall be simple in construcjects a short distance beyond the stop or pis- 75 tion, economical in cost, reliable, durable, ton E and enters the spring l), whose convoand efficient in use; and to these ends the inlutions surround the inner protruding' exvention consists of the features, arrangetremities of the rods in order to guide the ments, and combinations hereinafter delatter. Between the extremities of each rod scribed and claimed, all of which will be fully and protruding through slots H, formed in 8o umlerstood by reference to the accompanying the tube C, are cams F, formed by bending drawings, in which is illustrated an embodithe rods, whereby the bent portions are made ment thereof. to protrude through the slots H of the tubes.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 isa view of a hat Pivotally connected with each tube C at with the crown partly broken away and showpoints l are the holding devices J, which are 85 ing' my improved device applied. Fig. 2 lever-like features having' claws or hookshows the device applied, but on a larger shaped holding extremities J, adapted to enscale, the greater portion of the hat being' gage the hair of the wearer of the hat to which 40 broken away and the tubular parts of the dethe device is applied. 'lhe pivoted claws or vice shown in section. Fig. 3 is a similar lever-like holding'devices J pass through slots 9o view on a smaller scale, but showing' the de- H and H', formed in the opposite sides of the i vice in elevation. Fig. 4 is a section taken tubular parts C. On the opposite side of the through one extremity of the device and showpivot l from the claw J is located an arm J2,

ing the adjacent fastening-plate. Fig'. is a having'a bifurcated upper extremityJi, which detail view of one of the pivoted lever-like straddles the cam or bend F of the reciproholding devices or claws. Fig. 6 is a frageating' rod, whereby as the rod is moved back mentary section of a modified form of the deand forth the holding device is actuated. The vice. arrangement is such that the spring' l) is northe position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, which v is the normal position, if it is desired to put the hat upon the head the user will press the buttons G inwardly to the dotted-line position in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby the claws or holding devices are thrown to the position indicated by dotted lines in the same figure, permitting the hat to be placed upon the head in the usual manner. Then by releasing the buttons the spring D forces the rods outwardly sufciently to manipulate the holding devices and throw them to the locking or holding positions, whereby they are made to engage the hair of the wearer.

It is believed that this is a thoroughly practicable device and that when appliedv to a hat will prove far superior to the ordinary hatpins.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of the invention whereby the lever-like holding device may be held in the released position or in a position to permit the removal of the hat from the head. To this end I have provided each rod F 'with a tooth or lateral projection F3, adapted to engage an oppositely-disposed stop C3, formed on each tube C. The tooth and the stop are so arranged that when the rod F is pushed inwardly a distance (indicated by the distance between the dotted-line position and the full-line position of the button G in Fig. 6) the tooth will engage the stop, whereby the holding device J is locked at the released position. In order to allow the holding device to resume its normal position, it is only necessary to pull downwardly on the rod suiiiciently to allow the tooth F3 to pass the stop C3, when the spring D will return the rod to its normal position, whereby the holding device is made to engage the hair of the wearer of the hat. In order to permit the necessary downward movement of the rod C, the opening in the fabric of the hat through which the rod passes must be somewhat enlarged, as shown at A Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a hat-holder, the combination of a tubular device, va coil-spring located therein, rods having stops bearing against the spring, lever-like holding devices fulcrumed on the tubular device, the rods being provided with parts projecting beyond the line of their body portions and acting on the lever-like holding devices to normally hold them in the holding position, the rods being capable of reciprocal movement whereby the holding devices may be thrown to the released position.

2. The combination of two plates adapted to be connected to the opposite sides of a hatcrown, two tubular parts rigidly connected with said plates and having their extremities remote from the plates provided with right and left screw-threads, a connecting-sleeve interiorly threaded to engage the right and left threads of the two tubular parts, a coil-spring inclosed by the tubular parts, reciprocating rods provided with pistons engaging the extremities of the coil-spring, the said rods passing through the crown of the hat and theirA outer exposed extremities being provided with buttons, each rod having a bent portion which protrudes through a slot formed in the adjacent tubular part of the device, and holding devices pivoted on the respective tubular parts and having their outer extremities bifurcated to engage the bent parts of the rods for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hat-holder, the combination of a tubular device, a coil-spring located therein, rods having stops bearing against the spring, lever-like holding devices mounted on the tubular device, the rods being provided with parts projecting beyond the line of their body portions and acting on the lever-like holding devices to normally hold them in the holding position, the rods being capable oi' reciprocal movement whereby the holding devices may be thrown to the released position, and suitable means for locking the holding devices in the released position against the action of the spring. y

4;. In a hat-holder, the combination of a tubular device, a coil-spring located therein, rods having stops bearing against the spring', lever-like holding devices mounted on the tubular device, the rods being provided with parts projecting beyond thelineor1 their body portions and'acting on the lever-like holding devices to normally hold them in the holding position, the rods being capable of reciprocal movement whereby the holding devices may be thrown to the released position, and suitable means r'or locking the holding devices in the released position against the action of the spring, comprising a tooth formed on each l rod and adapted to engage a stop on the tubular device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereoil Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. FERNEBORG.

I/Vitnesses:

DENA NnLsoN, A. J. OBRIEN. 

